Novelty folder



NOVELTY FOLDER Filed se t. 19, 1959 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Edmund 2. /16; 1316) Oct. 14, 1941. E, P. HEILPERN 2,259,205

NOVELTY FOLDER Fil ed Sept. 19, 1959 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 &M

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Patented Oct. 14, 1941 D-. ATES f l I :}'2,259,20% NOVELTY roman vEdmund P. HeilperniTopeka Kansl'? A. Application September 19,icsaseriar v gzsatvz 3 Claims. (Grieg-37);

My present invention relates to an improved novelty folder particularlyadapted for advertise ing or allied purposes.

The invention consists in my novel method or manner of folding andillustrating fi u es or characters on a strip of paper or other suitablematerial in such a manner that when the strip sections are folded orunfolded, the figure or character on the strip of paper will be variedin height to present an amusing and entertaining novelty featureattractive to people of all ages.

The folder of my invention has a blank central section which may well befilled in with advertising media, and as the folder is inexpensive tomanufacture and distribute, it will prove an effective advertisingmedium.

While in the drawings, I have illustrated the figure comprising thegrotesque illustration of a man, on the front face of the folder, andpartial pictorial illustrations on its rear face, it will be understoodthan any suitable illustration will prove practical, whether animate orinanimate.

In the drawings,

Figure 1 is a front face or view of the unfolded strip showing agrotesque elongated picture of a man extending the full length of thestrip.

Figure 2 is a rear face view of the unfolded strip showing respectivelythree upper body-portions and three lower body-portions of a manarranged on sections in opposite relation to the blank center section ofthe strip.

Figure 3 is a front view of the folder having a single infold of the twoend sections, and showing another grotesque picture of a man.

Figure 4 is a front view of the folder with double folds at its upperand lower ends, showing a third grotesque picture of a man.

Figure 5 is a face view of the folder with a final triple fold from itsupper and lower ends and showing a grotesque picture of a short, stoutman.

Figure 6 is a conventional edge view of the folder as it appears lookingfrom the right in Figure 5.

The strip has folded sections A, B, C, D, E, F, and G.

Each of these sections has a front and rear face designated respectivelyas A and A B and B C and C D and D E and E; F and F and G and G As seenin Figures 1 and 2, the strip is to be folded on the transverselyextending dotted lines I which represent original folding lines made inthe strip either before or after the picturesand parts of pictures havebeen printed on'the' opposite sides or faces of the strip. f

With the strip in open, unfolded, position as seen in Figure l; thepictureillustrated represen-ts an elongated picture of a man as 2 andthe center or torso portion of the body is placed in the section D ofthe strip. This center strip section D, it will be observed, is twicethe width of the other sections A, B, C, E, F, and G.

The chest, shoulder, and head portions of the man in the picture coverthe sections A, B, and C; while they legs and feet of the picture coverthe sections E, F, and G.

In order to change the appearance of the picture of Figure 1 into ashorter and different man as in Figure 3, the two end sections A and Gare folded toward the center section D along the dotted lines I and thehead appearing on the rear face A will become aligned with the remainderof the upper portion of the picture 2; and when the rear face G of thesection G is folded toward the center section D in Figure 3, the feetappearing on the face G will be aligned with the legs of the body of thepicture 2.

To further shorten and vary the appearance of the original picture 2 asseen in Figure 4 the doubled end sections A and B are folded toward thecenter section D simultaneously, the section A having already beenfolded over the section B and the face appearing on the rear face C ofsection C will be aligned with the body portion of the picture 2; whilethe doubled sections G and E is folded simultaneously toward the centersection D to align the booted legs on the rear face E of section E withthe hips of the picture 2.

The final change may now be made by folding the triple sections A, B,and C simultaneously toward the center section of the strip and alsofolding the triple section G, F, and E toward the center whereupon thefigure 4, half on the rear face 0 of section C and the other half on therear face E of section E will appear as seen in Figure 5.

The changing appearance of the pictures may be reversed by reversing theorder of operation described as by unfolding successively, the endsections away from the center, in opposite directions.

Still further grotesque pictures may be made and viewed by unfoldingtriple, double and single sections or folds on one side of the centersections separately, instead of simultaneously unfolding both ends ofthe folded strip.

Obviously, the number of folded sections is unlimited and the variationsof the picture or character of Figure 1 may be increased to the desiredmaximum. It should thus be apparent that by the simple manipulation ofthe various folded sections of the strip toward and away from both sidesof the center, amusing and entertaining pictures may be developed andthat no particular skill in operating the device is necessary orrequired.

Further, advertising matter may be printed or otherwise applied to therear face D of the center section D and it is believed that the stripwill attract attention and prove efiicient in carrying to the public theadvertising message containe on the back of the central section.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desireto secure byLetters;

Patentis: g H 1. A novelty device 7 comprising astrip having a centerportion and fold sections on opppsitesides of the center portion andsaid fold sections being of lesser width than the center section, afigure on the front face of the strip and covering said fold sections,and partial figures illustrated on the rear faces of said fold sectionswhereby the figure may be progressively diminished as the fold sectionsare folded toward the center.

2. The method of making an advertising novelty which comprises printinga figure on one side of a strip of paper, printing figure-portions inopposed relation on the other side of the strip, and creating foldstransversely of the strip between said figure-portions. 3. A noveltyadvertising device comprising a strip of paper having a grotesque,elongated, full figure of a man on the front face thereof, transversefolds forming sections in the upper and lower portions of the body ofthe figure, and partial, physically similar figure-portions on the rearface of said sections, said sections being adapted to be folded upon thefront face of the strip to align the figure-portions with the fullfigure while obscuring that physical portion of the full figure;

EDMUND P. HEILPERN.

